Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 867: The Emperor’s troops surrounded Datong and the Crown Prince ordered the purge of Shanxi
Hearing the sound of horse hooves, everyone became nervous again and immediately prepared to fight.

After a moment, the cavalry appeared in front of everyone, and it turned out to be a group of soldiers from the heroic cavalry battalion who came to meet them.

The crisis was over, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. With the protection of the Xiaoqi Camp, it was a smooth journey. Three days later, we arrived at the Xiaoqi Camp in the south of Datong City.

Li Bing learned a lot from the experience and stopped going to the city. He just lived in the military camp.

Tiance Guards and Shenji Camp have controlled the four gates of Datong. As long as they get the emperor's order, they can immediately kill the rebels.

Now they have basically broken up. The emperor is full of malice towards the powerful gentry in Shanxi. The powerful gentry in Shanxi also know that the emperor is full of malice towards him. The emperor also knows that the powerful gentry in Shanxi know that he is full of malice towards them.

The only question is how far the emperor will kill, and how far Shanxi's powerful gentry will resist.

Li Bing wrote a memorial and sent it to the capital together with witnesses.

Relatively speaking, Li Bing was compassionate enough. He spent three days on the road and didn't write a report to the emperor until he entered the camp.

The gentry and powerful men in Datong City had three more days to find their way back.

After half a year, the ministers have gradually become accustomed to the prince overseeing the country's governance. The emperor would not show up unless he had something to discuss with his ministers.

Wang Wen stood up with a face of embarrassment and told the story of the assassination of the Shanxi governor.

Such a trouble-free emperor is hard to find even with a lantern. What else could the ministers be dissatisfied with?

The Qingyun Palace was full of ministers. The weather had been very hot recently, and it was not easy for the ministers to come all the way from the city.

Zhu Wenfang was stunned for a moment after hearing this. It turned out that he could still play like this. He was the governor of a province, and he had the title of Minister of War. He actually assassinated him at the request of assassination.

Zhu Wenfang nodded: "We have come to this point, and I will not hide it from you. My father has long been completely fed up with these grandfathers in Shanxi. During the Tumu Fort Incident, they tricked my uncle, and later my father killed him. A large number of people came, but they didn't expect that the wildfire would not burn out, and the spring breeze would blow again.

Although the officials were mentally prepared, they still gasped after hearing the prince's vicious words.

The ministers all knew what the emperor was doing at home, but no one dared to say or take care of it. After all, I can tell my conscience that the emperor is really very good. He does not overhaul palaces and gardens, nor build imperial mausoleums; he does not recruit beautiful women, and he does not ask for contributions from all quarters. There was neither a large-scale corvee nor an arbitrary increase in taxes.

Anyway, 50,000 of the emperor's personal troops are in Datong. Anyone who dares to resist Shanxi officials, gentry, powerful men, and merchants will be accused of treason and will immediately annihilate the three tribes, men, women, old and young, without leaving any chickens or dogs. "

But he was also afraid of being too kind to the ministers and causing them to get into trouble.

Zhu Wenfang urged: "What do you want to report today?"

Zhu Wenfang sat on the dragon chair, looking left and right, intending to get some stools for some older ministers to sit on.

Seeing that the prince was silent, Wang Wen reminded him twice.

June 20th is the day of the court meeting.

……

It's a pity that there is no way. The emperor is like this, and the prince is also like this.

Then order the Jin Yiwei to arrest them all. I also know that there are many eyes and ears for them in the court, so feel free to report the news.

So Zhu Wenfang decided to listen to what the ministers said before making a decision.

How about killing the emperor and the prince? Putting aside the fact that the emperor and the prince guarded against outsiders as well as thieves, they never found an opportunity to strike.

Even if a miracle happened and the emperor and the prince were killed, the kings of Han and Wei who followed would look much more cruel than the emperor and the prince. Moreover, the three guards of the King of Han, King of Wei, and King of Xia have been basically formed.

Once the three kings begin to clear the emperor's side, and then unite with King Shangsu and Duke Cao, they will be invincible in the northwest. So everyone had no choice but to go crazy with the emperor and the prince.

Then let the Taoist friends die rather than the poor Taoists. Who makes those people in Shanxi always look for trouble?

A province not under the control of the imperial power, in an era when the emperor's authority was at its peak, was seeking to be exploited. Even the newly occupied Japan is much better behaved than Shanxi. If the emperor doesn't kill you, who will he kill?

The ministers knew that what the prince meant was what the emperor meant, and they did not dare to raise any objections, so they changed the topic to the next topic. Shen Yi, the minister of household affairs, stood up and said: "Your highness, the old minister of Nanjing Zhou requested to send a group of tax inspectors. Supervise the salt administration."

Zhu Wenfang asked: "How many people does Mr. Zhou want to send?"

"At least 60 people, the salt works and transshipment all need to be supervised."

Shen Yi wanted to elaborate, but Zhu Wenfang quickly stopped: "Okay, okay, it's a very important matter. Send me the memorial from Master Zhou. I will show it to my father and then I will reply to you."

The salt policy was extremely complicated, and Zhu Wenfang was afraid that if Shen Yi made any further demands, everyone would be unable to step down.

The two sides discussed other government affairs for a long time before dispersing.

As soon as Zhu Wenfang came to court, he went straight to Changle Palace. After greeting Queen Mother Wu, Mrs. Anhe personally brought a bowl of sour plum soup. Zhu Wenfang took the sour plum soup and sighed involuntarily while drinking it.

Empress Dowager Wu snorted coldly: "It's true that your bastard father put all the government affairs on his ten-year-old son. He closed the door and lived a small life. He is as carefree as a god."

Zhu Wenfang smiled and said: "Then grandma should call the father out and give him a lesson. It just so happens that the grandson has something to report to the father in person."

Empress Dowager Wu asked her left and right, "Who is going to call our ridiculous emperor out?"

Miao Yue stood up and said with a smile: "My son, go ahead."

"Well, go ahead and let them go out and do some activities. They don't go out or take a step outside every day. What's going on?"

Miao Yue agreed, immediately left Changle Palace and quickly walked into Lingyu Palace.

When Miao Yue walked into the inner room of Hehuan Hall, she saw Zhu Qiyu sitting on the couch, holding Su Xi in his arms and sucking her gently.

After sucking for a long time, Zhu Qiyu raised his head and praised: "I didn't expect that Xi'er's health is really good, and she got it so soon."

Su Xi blushed and said with a smile: "I feel itchy, my husband is so skillful in sucking milk."

"Hey, practice makes perfect. In three or four months, I will be able to compete with the little prince or princess for milk."

Seeing that the two of them looked more and more different as they talked, Miao Yue coughed twice.

Everyone's attention was attracted, Su Xi smiled and said: "Sister Miaoyue, come and sit on the couch, my husband is telling us a story. We will have lunch together later, Linglong and Xue'er are making delicious food for us in the kitchen. Woolen cloth."

Miao Yue waved her hand: "I won't sit down anymore. The queen mother wants to ask our ridiculous emperor to go out and lecture him."

"Okay, my mother doesn't want to practice Taoism, so how can she have time to teach me a lesson?"

"You'll know when you go."

Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to reply: "Then Xi'er is waiting for Xi'er at home, Ningxiang and I will go to greet our mother, and then we will have dinner together when we come back."

After that, Zhu Qiyu added: "When Xi'er is hungry, eat first. When you are hungry, no one can starve you two."

(End of this chapter)